The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released a redacted version of the Republican report on the committee's yearlong Russia investigation, in which GOP members say they found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and disputed the intelligence community's assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to help elect Donald Trump.The committee released the report with redactions from the intelligence community, along with a redacted Democratic dissent, saying collusion exists and that there were key aspects of the probe Republicans failed to investigate.The report's release marks the conclusion of a yearlong committee investigation that devolved into a partisan brawl between Democrats and Republicans, fighting over the decision by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes to step aside from the probe, the subpoenas that were and were not issued, and dueling memos over a surveillance warrant for a former Trump campaign adviser.The Republican report itself, which is 253 pages long, had "overzealous redactions" from the intelligence community that the committee plans to fight, according to Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican who led the committee's Russia probe."Many of the redactions include information that is publicly available, such as witness names and information previously declassified," Conaway said.The committee ended its investigation into Russia's 2016 election meddling last month, concluding they found no evidence that Trump's team had colluded with Russians."We found no evidence of collusion, and so we found perhaps some bad judgment, inappropriate meetings," Conaway said when they submitted their report for declassification.But Democrats say Republicans failed to interview key witnesses and issue subpoenas to obtain necessary information, charging their colleagues were not interested in uncovering collusion. They are now continuing their own investigation without Republicans into Russia's election meddling. They released a 98-page document that pushes back on the Republican conclusions."Throughout the investigation, Committee Republicans chose not to seriously investigate — or even see, when in plain sight — evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, instead adopting the role of defense counsel for key investigation witnesses," California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, said in a statement.Trump has seized on the Republican findings, claiming multiple times that the committee found no collusion, despite Democrats disputing that finding. He tweeted again on Friday that the Republican report found "no evidence" of collusion.Trump later said Friday that he was "honored" by the report."We were honored. It was a great report, no collusion, which I knew anyway, no coordination, no nothing. It's a witch hunt, that's all it is," Trump said.The Republican report details the major revelations of the past year over connections between Trump's team and Russia, from the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting to contacts with WikiLeaks and meetings with Russians, repeatedly clearing Trump's associates of trying to collude in the election.Though it found no collusion, the Republican report does fault the Trump campaign over several key events during the campaign. It states that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting that a Russian lawyer and had with Donald Trump Jr., Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort "demonstrated poor judgment."Much of the report, as well as the Democratic response, reviewed the major news events that have occurred over the past year, from the Trump Tower meeting to revelations about contacts with WikiLeaks and meetings with Russians to the Trump Tower Moscow discussions.While this report marks the end of the Republican Russia investigation, Republicans are continuing other investigations and reports. They are still planning a full explanation of the intelligence community assessment in the coming weeks, and Nunes has said he will continue his investigation into the dossier and the State Department.The Democrats, meanwhile have made clear they plan to continue probing the matter. In addition to writing a fuller report, they are continuing to call more witnesses. They spoke to a former Cambridge Analytica contractor earlier this week and plan to seek others who are willing to speak to them.

The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released a redacted version of the Republican report on the committee's yearlong Russia investigation, in which GOP members say they found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and disputed the intelligence community's assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to help elect Donald Trump.

The committee released the report with redactions from the intelligence community, along with a redacted Democratic dissent, saying collusion exists and that there were key aspects of the probe Republicans failed to investigate.

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The report's release marks the conclusion of a yearlong committee investigation that devolved into a partisan brawl between Democrats and Republicans, fighting over the decision by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes to step aside from the probe, the subpoenas that were and were not issued, and dueling memos over a surveillance warrant for a former Trump campaign adviser.

The Republican report itself, which is 253 pages long, had "overzealous redactions" from the intelligence community that the committee plans to fight, according to Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican who led the committee's Russia probe.

"Many of the redactions include information that is publicly available, such as witness names and information previously declassified," Conaway said.

The committee ended its investigation into Russia's 2016 election meddling last month, concluding they found no evidence that Trump's team had colluded with Russians.

"We found no evidence of collusion, and so we found perhaps some bad judgment, inappropriate meetings," Conaway said when they submitted their report for declassification.

But Democrats say Republicans failed to interview key witnesses and issue subpoenas to obtain necessary information, charging their colleagues were not interested in uncovering collusion. They are now continuing their own investigation without Republicans into Russia's election meddling. They released a 98-page document that pushes back on the Republican conclusions.

"Throughout the investigation, Committee Republicans chose not to seriously investigate — or even see, when in plain sight — evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, instead adopting the role of defense counsel for key investigation witnesses," California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, said in a statement.

Trump has seized on the Republican findings, claiming multiple times that the committee found no collusion, despite Democrats disputing that finding. He tweeted again on Friday that the Republican report found "no evidence" of collusion.

Trump later said Friday that he was "honored" by the report.

"We were honored. It was a great report, no collusion, which I knew anyway, no coordination, no nothing. It's a witch hunt, that's all it is," Trump said.

The Republican report details the major revelations of the past year over connections between Trump's team and Russia, from the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting to contacts with WikiLeaks and meetings with Russians, repeatedly clearing Trump's associates of trying to collude in the election.

Though it found no collusion, the Republican report does fault the Trump campaign over several key events during the campaign. It states that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting that a Russian lawyer and had with Donald Trump Jr., Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort "demonstrated poor judgment."

Much of the report, as well as the Democratic response, reviewed the major news events that have occurred over the past year, from the Trump Tower meeting to revelations about contacts with WikiLeaks and meetings with Russians to the Trump Tower Moscow discussions.

While this report marks the end of the Republican Russia investigation, Republicans are continuing other investigations and reports. They are still planning a full explanation of the intelligence community assessment in the coming weeks, and Nunes has said he will continue his investigation into the dossier and the State Department.

The Democrats, meanwhile have made clear they plan to continue probing the matter. In addition to writing a fuller report, they are continuing to call more witnesses. They spoke to a former Cambridge Analytica contractor earlier this week and plan to seek others who are willing to speak to them.